Firefighters battle raging inferno at Sussex school after reports of explosion (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

A massive fire has broken out a school in Sussex, southern England, with images emerging online showing large sections of the secondary school completely destroyed by the blaze.

According to West Sussex Fire and Rescue, 14 fire engines are currently battling the blaze which began at the Academy Selsey school just before 8am local time. Local reports say an explosion was heard at the scene.

The school was opened in 1963 by the Duke of Norfolk and it is understood that students were due to collect their exam results soon. An update on the Academy Selsey Twitter page says that alternative arrangements will be made for the collection of results.

Fire @AcademySelsey today. We will update the website as we have information. Arrangements will be made for y11 results collection